Theresa May agreed with leaders of the 27 European Union member states to extend the negotiating period of the Brexit process until May 22 if MPs vote for her divorce deal next week. Nigel Farage denounced the decision of the Prime Minister to delay Brexit past the March 29 deadline, claiming Mrs May had turned Brexit into an "international humiliation". Responding to the latest Brexit development, the British MP told BBC R4 Today: "I’m disgusted.
What happened last night was a national humiliation that became an international humiliation
Nigel Farage
"We were told we were leaving on March 29. 500 MPs voted for us to leave on March 29. A 100 times the Prime Minister told us it would happen.
"I think there is going to be a strong sense, amongst many millions of people, that this is a total failure of leadership. What happened last night was a national humiliation that became an international humiliation.
"People are just laughing at us. Ordinary people – they are angry, and I’m angry too. "
EU27 leaders agreed to extend Brexit talks until May 22 if Theresa May secures the support of MPs for her withdrawal deal with a third meaningful vote next week. Should she fail, Brussels told Mrs May she will have until April 12 to clarify the position of the UK.
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Mr Farage continued: "Her treaty doesn’t give us Brexit, it’s Brexit in name only. It doesn’t leave us free, it doesn’t of anything.
"It’s a disaster. But that shouldn't matter because Article 50 was clear. The thing that 500 MPs voted for was we leave on March 20 with or without a deal."
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